BEIJING: China is all set to launch a new cruise ship in the disputed South China Sea's islands this month to promote tourism, media report said on Friday. Nanhai Zhi Meng, the new cruise ship with a capacity of 893 people, will start its maiden ...

HANOI (AFP) - Vietnam has started dredging work on a reef in the South China Sea, fresh satellite images appear to show, a move that could provoke Beijing which claims most of the disputed waterway. An image of the small Ladd Reef in the Spratly ...

HAIKOU, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A new cruise ship, named Nanhai Zhi Meng, will start its maiden voyage in late December from Sanya to the Yongle Islands, which are administered by China's southernmost city of Sansha in Hainan Province, the city's tourism ...

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Donald Trump's latest tweets accusing China of currency manipulation and militarising the South China Sea show the future USA president's lack of diplomatic skills, patience and economic common sense, according to Chinese analysts. ...

Donald Trump has a striking knack for simplifying complex international problems. For years, for example, scholars have debated whether China will be a constructive or disruptive global power. Many have argued that it could take decades to find out.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana says it is highly unlikely the Philippines will allow the U.S. military to use the country as a springboard for its freedom of navigation patrols in the disputed South China Sea to avoid antagonizing China. ...

President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to safeguard Taiwan's sovereignty claims in the South China Sea. Tsai was speaking Friday at the opening of an exhibit marking the 70 th anniversary of Taiwan's recovery of various islands in the maritime region. ...